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Inglorious Bastards. Good Will Hunting. Pulp Fiction. Kill Bill. An Inconvenient Truth. With a roster of iconic films and a whole shelf of gold statues, Lawrence Bender is one of America's most acclaimed producers. Since the release of Al Gore's slideshow turned
Oscar winning documentary, the ripple effect of An Inconvenient Truth has been hard to fathom. Thousands of people
have been trained t...
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Image: Screenshot via ifatreefallsfilm.com
If A Tree Falls is a
powerful documentary from a talented filmmaker (you may know him from
Street Fight) about environmental activism and the changing definition of terrorism to include people who act in ways they think or hope will help the planet. The film was
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Image credit: Todd Bieber
Whether it's
edible park landscaping feeding the homeless or
guerrilla gardeners reclaiming the soil, people everywhere are seizing unused or underutilized land and putting it to good use. Now one Brooklyn filmmaker—whose previous video bout finding photos in Brooklun shot him to worldwide viral fame—has decided to step out and gr...
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3:16 pm in activism, agriculture, animals, documentaries, farming, food, vegan, vegetarian by TreeHugger
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From my musings on
what a vegan world would actually look like, to PETA's infographic on
what happens when everyone eats vegan, we've seen plenty of speculation about what our future would look like if we abandoned, or severely curtailed, our use of meat, dairy and other animal products. But there's no need to speculate what a heavily meat-dependent world would look like. We live in i...
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8:00 am in documentaries, gardening, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger
Photo: Plant a Wish
Joe Imhoff and Sara Tekula, a husband-and-wife filmmaking duo, understand the power of native species: Their
Plant a Wish project is taking the couple on a cross-country trip to install
native trees in every state.
But the Hawaii-based couple isn't just
planting trees -- they're also filming the tour for a documentary scheduled for release in 2012.
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Image credit: TED/Louie Schwartzberg
As Discovery launches a network-wide push entitled
Bees on the Brink, we're turning our attention back to honeybees, the challenges they face, and what we can do to help them. From the
deep dependence of our food system on honeybees to the
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When I hosted a Live Chat with author Steven Kotler about his book on dog rescue, much of the discussion revolved around cross-species altruism, and scientific evidence of the emotional life of dogs and other animals. And from gorillas in mourning to dolphins saving dobermans, there are enough stories ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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